CCM in 3D

Just like everyone, the 3Ds are suckers for lists. So we got together and compiled our own personal lists of our favorite CCM albums from 1985-95. On this week's episode we list our "honorable mentions," the albums that just barely missed making it onto our lists. Interesting times ahead.

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Dan Day is a small business owner in the Wichita area.

Derek Hale is pastor of Trinity Covenant Church (CREC) in Wichita, KS (https://trinitycovenantchurch.wordpress.com/)

Dave Wilson is an on-air personality working for Entercom Communications.

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Intro and outro music: "New Spoon," composed by Sam Luttrell. Used by permission. Please visit his Bandcamp site at https://cannonfire.bandcamp.com/releases.

Amy Grant wasn't the only CCM artist to release a "female singer wearing a red dress on the album cover" album in 1991. Margaret Becker's Simple House was also released that year. This week, the 3D's look back at what they consider to be Maggie's finest moment. And bonus! This is the last episode of CCM in 3D to be recorded in a less-than-ideal acoustic environment. Better audio days are coming soon.

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Dan Day is a small business owner in the Wichita area.

Derek Hale is pastor of Trinity Covenant Church (CREC) in Wichita, KS (https://trinitycovenantchurch.wordpress.com/)

Dave Wilson is an on-air personality working for Entercom Communications.

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Intro and outro music: "New Spoon," composed by Sam Luttrell. Used by permission. Please visit his Bandcamp site at https://cannonfire.bandcamp.com/releases.

This is an episode that the 3Ds have been anticipating for a long time. When Charlie Peacock's Love Life dropped, it made a deep and lasting impression on all three of us. It was an album with a lot on its mind and deep wisdom to impart. In addition, Love Life was a dizzying musical cornucopia of exceeding goodness.

We still adore every musical highlight and lyrical turn of phrase on this classic album. Hopefully that comes through in this episode. Grab a glass of your favorite beverage and find an easy chair as this is going to be a long and winding deep dive into one of the finest recordings in the CCM genre, circa 1985-95.

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Dan Day is a small business owner in the Wichita area.

Derek Hale is pastor of Trinity Covenant Church (CREC) in Wichita, KS (https://trinitycovenantchurch.wordpress.com/)

Dave Wilson is an on-air personality working for Entercom Communications.

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Intro and outro music: "New Spoon," composed by Sam Luttrell. Used by permission. Please visit his Bandcamp site at https://cannonfire.bandcamp.com/releases.

Believe it or not, the 3Ds don't all have the same musical tastes. There are many albums and artists that one of us loves that (for whatever reason) passed right by the other two. So we decided to record the first of what will surely be a recurring series where one D gives the others three songs from an album that we love that the other two don't know. The other two do the same for the rest of us. Then we get together and talk about what we heard. Confused? Don't be. It's a little things we like to call "Three for the Show."

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Dan Day is a small business owner in the Wichita area.

Derek Hale is pastor of Trinity Covenant Church (CREC) in Wichita, KS (https://trinitycovenantchurch.wordpress.com/)

Dave Wilson is an on-air personality working for Entercom Communications.

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Intro and outro music: "New Spoon," composed by Sam Luttrell. Used by permission. Please visit his Bandcamp site at https://cannonfire.bandcamp.com/releases.

The year 1991 was a great one for CCM, with many benchmark albums released that year. One of the finest was the debut album by Susan Ashton, entitled Wakened by the Wind. Aided by the songs and production talents of Wayne Kirkpatrick and a bevy of Nashville's finest session musicians, Wakened by the Wind is one of the finest debut albums in CCM history and a signature statement by one of CCM's premiere vocalists. The 3Ds are giddy with excitement to deep dive into this bona fide CCM classic. 

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Dan Day is a small business owner in the Wichita area.

Derek Hale is pastor of Trinity Covenant Church (CREC) in Wichita, KS (https://trinitycovenantchurch.wordpress.com/)

Dave Wilson is an on-air personality working for Entercom Communications.

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Intro and outro music: "New Spoon," composed by Sam Luttrell. Used by permission. Please visit his Bandcamp site at https://cannonfire.bandcamp.com/releases.

In 1986, White Heart added a new singer and toughened up their sound. The result was the album Don't Wait for the Movie. Join the 3D's this week as they dive deep into the album that taught us all that "God made convertibles."

The 3D's are Dan, Derek, and Dave. Three friends who used to work together in early 1990s in Christian radio who love to reminisce about music from the golden era of CCM, 1985-1995. If you love classic Amy, Michael, Petra, Russ, and White Heart, you have found your new favorite podcast. New episodes drop every Monday. Make sure to subscribe.

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Dan Day is a small business owner in the Wichita area.

Derek Hale is pastor of Trinity Covenant Church (CREC) in Wichita, KS (https://trinitycovenantchurch.wordpress.com/)

Dave Wilson is an on-air personality working for Entercom Communications.

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Intro and outro music: "New Spoon," composed by Sam Luttrell. Used by permission. Please visit his Bandcamp site at https://cannonfire.bandcamp.com/releases.

Join the 3D's this week as they deep dive into one of the most overlooked CCM gems of the 1980s, Chris Eaton's Vision.

Show note: The Pino Palladino Spotify playlist mentioned during the podcast can be found here.

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The 3D's are Dan, Derek, and Dave. Three friends who used to work together in early 1990s in Christian radio who love to reminisce about music from the golden era of CCM, 1985-1995. If you love classic Amy, Michael, Petra, Russ, and White Heart, you have found your new favorite podcast. New episodes drop every Monday. Make sure to subscribe.

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Dan Day is a small business owner in the Wichita area.

Derek Hale is pastor of Trinity Covenant Church (CREC) in Wichita, KS (https://trinitycovenantchurch.wordpress.com/)

Dave Wilson is an on-air personality working for Entercom Communications.

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Intro and outro music: "New Spoon," composed by Sam Luttrell. Used by permission. Please visit his Bandcamp site at https://cannonfire.bandcamp.com/releases.

In an age of digital streaming and drag-and drop, self-curated playlists, the idea of an artist releasing a "greatest hits" album seems rather quaint. But in the heyday of CCM, the greatest hits album was a big deal. Most artists only got one greatest hits collection, others had a couple, while a few bands had scads of them (White Heart and Petra, call your respective offices). On this, the 16th episode of CCM in 3D, the D's discuss their favorite greatest hits albums, ca. 1985-1995.

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The 3D's are Dan, Derek, and Dave. Three friends who used to work together in early 1990s in Christian radio who love to reminisce about music from the golden era of CCM, 1985-1995. If you love classic Amy, Michael, Petra, Russ, and White Heart, you have found your new favorite podcast. New episodes drop every Monday. Make sure to subscribe.

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Dan Day is a small business owner in the Wichita area.

Derek Hale is pastor of Trinity Covenant Church (CREC) in Wichita, KS (https://trinitycovenantchurch.wordpress.com/)

Dave Wilson is an on-air personality working for Entercom Communications.

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Intro and outro music: "New Spoon," composed by Sam Luttrell. Used by permission. Please visit his Bandcamp site at https://cannonfire.bandcamp.com/releases.

This week the 3D's take a look back and review the year 1985. What was going on in the world? What was hot on non-Christian radio. And, of interest to listeners of this podcast, what was happening in CCM that year?

The year 1985 was a year of transition. New albums from Amy Grant and Russ Taff broke ground sonically and in terms of dealing with tough topics. In addition, a brand new technology called the Compact Disc was beginning to assert itself in the marketplace.  

Join the 3D's as they go back in time to the year 1985.

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The 3D's are Dan, Derek, and Dave. Three friends who used to work together in early 1990s in Christian radio who love to reminisce about music from the golden era of CCM, 1985-1995. If you love classic Amy, Michael, Petra, Russ, and White Heart, you have found your new favorite podcast. New episodes drop every Monday. Make sure to subscribe.

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Dan Day is a small business owner in the Wichita area.

Derek Hale is pastor of Trinity Covenant Church (CREC) in Wichita, KS (https://trinitycovenantchurch.wordpress.com/)

Dave Wilson is an on-air personality working for Entercom Communications.

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Intro and outro music: "New Spoon," composed by Sam Luttrell. Used by permission. Please visit his Bandcamp site at https://cannonfire.bandcamp.com/releases.

This week's podcast is part of an entire month of "deep dives," a little something that we are calling "Deep Dive December with the 3D's."

These days, the name Steven Curtis Chapman is associated with multiple Grammy and Dove awards, huge concert tours, and even an autobiography. Ernie Johnson Jr., the studio host of Inside the NBA on TNT once called Steven Curtis Chapman the "Michael Jordan of Christian music."

But before all of the accolades and worldwide acclaim that launched him into a great adventure, Chapman was a simple singer/songwriter hailing from Paducah, Kentucky. After two moderately successful on the Sparrow label, Chapman released his third album, More To This Life, in 1989. The album would generate a great deal of radio airplay, produce one of the most iconic songs for Christian weddings, and pave the way for bigger things to come.

Join the 3D's as they deep dive into Steven Curtis Chapman's More To This Life.

Show note: Toward the end of this podcast, Dan mentions an official CCM in 3D playlist on Spotify. That playlist can be found here.

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The 3D's are Dan, Derek, and Dave. Three friends who used to work together in early 1990s in Christian radio who love to reminisce about music from the golden era of CCM, 1985-1995. If you love classic Amy, Michael, Petra, Russ, and White Heart, you have found your new favorite podcast. New episodes drop every Monday. Make sure to subscribe.

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Dan Day is a small business owner in the Wichita area.

Derek Hale is pastor of Trinity Covenant Church (CREC) in Wichita, KS (https://trinitycovenantchurch.wordpress.com/)

Dave Wilson is an on-air personality working for Entercom Communications.

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Make sure you are subscribed to CCM in 3D. Type CCM in 3D in your podcast provider, hit that subscription button, and leave us a five-star review. This will make it easier for other podcast listeners to find CCM in 3D.

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Intro and outro music: "New Spoon," composed by Sam Luttrell. Used by permission. Please visit his Bandcamp site at https://cannonfire.bandcamp.com/releases.